Machine for making match-books.



M. PARIDON. MACHINE FOR MAKING MATCH BOOKS.

APPHCATION FILED SEPT.28.19I7. 1,272,510. Patented Ju1y16,1$)18.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING MATCH BOOKS.

APPUCATION FILED SEPT- 28,191]- 1 ,272,510. Patented July 16, 1918. 2SHEET$-SHEET 2.-

"UNITED STATES NT OFFICE, v

MICHAEL PA'BID ON, OF BARBER'ION, OHIO. ASSIGNOR TO THE DIAMOND MATCHCOMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A .CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

lVIACI-IINE FOR MAKING MATCH-BOOKS.

Specifica ion of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1918.

Application filed September 25. 1917. Serial No. 193,640.

State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMachines for Making Match-Books, of which the following is aspecification.

In Letters Patent of the United States No. 1042,4722, dated October 29,1912, is disclosed a machine for the production of match bookscomprising match cards hav ing foldable covers fastened thereto. Thesaid machine includes in, its construction. mechanism whereby flexiblecover blanks are successively fed from a suitable magazine, folded atone end, and introduced at inter vals to the links of anintermittently-movable endless carrier by means of which they areadvanced to a station where match cards are ccurately positioned andpushed into theopposing folded ends of covers in the A carrier. Thiscarrier transports the cards and covers thus assembled to mechanismwhereby they are fastened together; thence to devices whereby frictionalignition sub- ,stance is applied to the covers; thence through anextended drying path and back near to the cover magazine. Thereupon thematch cards with their attached covers are transferred from the carrierto devices whereby outwardly-extended portions of the covers are bentover the outer sides of the match cards and the free ends of the flapsthus formed are snugly tucked in under the edges of the fastened folds.

The object .of the present invention is to insure the passage of thefree end of the flap of each cover beneath the edge of the fastened foldthereof; and, accordingly the invention, broadly stated, comprises in abook-match machine, means whereby the extruded portion of-the cover istransversely bent preparatory to its presentation to the tuckingdevices.

' More specifically, the invention comprises means for the purposementioned embodying a rotary presser device which is so constructed andarranged inrclatron to the path of the cover flaps, s to act upon andimpart a transverse bend to the said flaps m succession before theirdelivery to the turning over and tucking devices of the book-matchmachine.

The invention also comprises features of construction and combinationsof parts which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the (1ra\vii 1gs Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of aportion of the endless carrier and supporting parts of a match-bookmachine embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section, as on the line 2 2 of Fig. l,illustratingthe operation of the presser wheel and adjuncts on thellapextension of a match book cover.

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation, enlarged, of

the prcsserwheel and, associated parts, also illustrating the flapbending operation.

lflig. l-v is aperspective view of one of the links of the carrier,showing therein a match book with its flap extension.

Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of the flap folding and tiickingmechanism for the match book.

Figs. (3, T and 8 are perspective views illustrating successive steps in.thc'tlap tucking operation.

Referring to-lhe drawings, 10 designates a portion of a preferred formof endless carrier for a. succession of n'latch-books, which carriercomprises hingedly connected link members in which the match cards a andcovers 1) are assembled and bound together in book-like form, with oneend of each cover extending beyond the adjacent. edge of the carrier soas to provide a flap 0 which may be folded over upon the matches, andthe -outer end of the tlap then be securely tucked beneath the free edgeof the fastened narrow fold (l at the opposite end of the cover. Thecarrier is supported and guided by suitablyarranged wheels 11 mounted onshafts 12.

which receive the bodies of the match hooks,

pair byv p'air, as rapidly as they are ejected from the carrier by therearward movement of one head 16 of a double-hc:r(le l plunger. Thecover those extend outwardly beyond the wheel 14 and as the booksprogress therewith such flaps impin e against asuitablyarran ed foldingmem er 17 having a rearward orizontal extension 18 which overlies achannel 19 in the main frame. This channel is in alinement with a pairof pockets of the wheel, when the wheel is. at rest, so that when a pairoffbooks'is beinginserted into the wheel from the carrier'another pairis being ejected from the wheel and into the channel by the rearwardstroke of the other ciprocating pads, whereof one is shown at 22. Thesepads are supported by curved members formed on one end of an arm 23which is jointed at its opposite end to an oscillating 'lev r 24 andthereb moved to and fro longit dinally of the adjacent cover flaps. Thearm 23 overhangs the pocketed wheel and is provided with a camprojection 25 which is maintained in the path of a series ofsuitably-spaced peripheral studs or tappets 26 on the wheel; such studsor tappets as they successively pass beneath and escape the .camprojection raising and permitting the descent of the arm in such amanner as to move the pads upon and from the underlying cover flaps ofthe successive pairs of match books. By the compound motion thusimparted to the pads they are periodically brought into frictionalcontact with the cover'flaps as seen in Fig.1), the

flaps moved slightly rearward as seen in Fig; 7 and then forward as seenin Fig.- 8, so as to push the free ends of the flaps beneath the edgesof the fastened folds of the respective covers as fully described inPatent No. 1,042,472 aforesaid.

In order to insure the passage of the ends of the, cover flaps beneaththe fastened folds of the-machine. These whee s are each pro-- I providethe machine, in advance ofthe folding and tucking mechanism, -withdevices whereby the flaps are transversely bent in such a manner thatthe free ends of the flaps, when they are folded over, tend to bearu onthe. tops of the match cards, and thus 0 viate the otherwise liabilityof such ends sliding over upon or im ingin against the opposing edges ofthe astene folds during the inserting action of the tucking pads. Theflap bending devices, in the preferred form illustrate are constructedand arranged to act upon the flap extensions 0 of the covers as they arecarried about one of the chain uide wheels ll vided with acircumferential edge fiange=27 for the guidance of' the car rier, whichextensions of the cover overhang the flange flange is so disposed thatthe successive flap as they progress with the carrier. Fastened to thesaid wheel 11, co-axially therewith and in spacedfacial relationthereto, is a similar wheel 28 having a circumferential edge flange 29positioned'to serve as a rest for the outer portions of the successiveflap extensions as they pass about the roximate guide wheel. A freebrotatabe presser wheel 30 is so dis osed that its periphery, which ispreferab y rounded in cross section, extends slightly into the upperportion of the space between the flanges of the air of wheels 11, 28.This presser 'wheel is loosely mounted on a stud-shaft 31 extending froma bracket 32 on one' of the frame posts of the machine. y

By-the construction just describedit will be seen that as the successivecover fla s 0 pass beneath the presser wheel, such aps are transverselysupported at twoseparated points by the spaced flanges 27, 29 of thewheels 11-, 28, respectively;'and the resser wheel acts with. a rotaryironing e ect to depress the bodies of the flaps into the ad- .jacentspace between thefianggs, i. e., be-

tween the fold line and the outer end of each flap thereby imparting adownward bend or how to the flaps in succession" as indicated in Figs. 2and 3; Hence w on each flap is subsequently folded over 11 on thematches the flap. is hum ed or are ed and its free end is downwar lyinclined to insureits passage beneath the edge of the retaining fold dof the match book, as above described. s

It is to be understood that my invention is not limited to the specificconstruction and arrangement herein disclosed as the same ma beVaIlOUSlYJ IIOdlfiGd within the prin-- ciple of the invention and thescope of the appended claims.

claim- 1. In a machine for making match books comprising associatedmatches and flexible covers, each of said covers includinga retaininfold at one end'and anoutwardly extending flap at theopposite endthereof, the combination with means for advancing said books insuccession, of a presserdevice positioned to act upon the cover flaps ofthesuccessive books in a plane between the fold line and the outer endof each flap, thereby imparting a transverse bend to the body of theflap.

2. In a machine for making match books comprising associated matches andflexibl covers, each of said -covers including a retaining fold at oneend and an outwardly extending fia the combination with means foradvancing said books in succession, of a rotary presser wheel positionedto act with an ironing effect upon the successive coverflaps in a at theopposite end thereof,

plane between the fold line and the outer end of each [lap therebyimparting a transverse bend to the body of the tlap.

3. In a match-bool machine having a carrier for match books whereof thecovers each include a fastened told at one end and an outwardlyextending flap at the opposite end, and having also means for foldingthe said tiap and tucking its free end beneath the fastened fold of thecover, a prcsser device arranged in advance of the said means andpositioned to act upon the successive cover liaps and impart atrz'insverse bend tlnaeto.

at. In a match-book machine having a carrier for match books, whereofthe covers each include a fastened told at one end and lanout\vardlv-extemling tlap at the opposite end. and having also means forfolding the said flap and tucking its free end beneath the fastenedfold. of the cover, a r0tar v presser wheel arranged in advance of thesaid means and positioned to act with an ironing effect upon thesuccessive cover flaps and impart a. transverse bend thereto.

5. In a match-book machine having; a carrier for match books, whereofthe covers each include a fastened told at. one end and an outwardlyextending flap at. the opposite end, and having also means for t'oldingthe said flap and tucking its free end beneath the fastened fold of thecover. spaced flapsuptmrting elements arranged in advance of the saidmeans and a presser device positioned to act upon the portions ot thesuccessive cover [laps bridging the space between the said elements.

6. In a match-bo0k machine having a carrier for match books, whereof thecovers- 'each include a fastened it'old each include a fastened told atone end and an outn'anllv-cxtending llap at the opposite end, and havingalso means for folding the said tlap and tucking its free end beneaththe fastened 'told, spaced flap-supporting elements arrai'iged inadvance of the said means, and a rotary presser wheel p0si tioned to actwith an ironing ettect upon the portions of the successive cover flapsbridg ing the WCO between the said elements.

7. In a match-book machine having a carrier for match books, whereof thecovers at one end and an outwardly-extending flap at the Opposite end,and having also means for folding the said flap and tucking its free endbeneath the fastened fold. a pair of spaced wheel elements upon whichthe cover flaps are supported in advance of the said means and a presserdevice arranged to act upon the portions of the flaps bridging the spacebetween the said elements.

8. In a n'iatch-book machine having a carrier for match books, whereofthe covers each include a fastened told at one end and anoutwardly-extending tlap at, the opposite end. and having also means forfolding the said flap and tucking its free end beneath the fastenedtold, a pair ot spaced wheel elements upon which the cover flaps aresupported in advance of the said means, and a freely rotatable presscrwheel arranged to act with an ironing elt'cct upon the portions of theflaps bridging, the spaces between said elements.

Signed at lhirberton in the county of Summit and State of ()hio this25th day of September MICHAEL PAR] DON.

